“We come into the world alone and we die alone.”

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.

When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.

Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.

Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends.

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.

I think people tend to be worried about every new technology that comes along.

When you make sacrifices to help other people’s dreams come to pass, God will make sure your dream comes to pass.

Opportunity comes once in a lifetime.